Ashland High School’s John Metzger wrestles Buckeye’s Preston DiMarco during the JC Gorman Invitational Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 Mansfield Senior High School. TOM E. PUSKAR/TIMES-GAZETTE.COM MEDINA — The Ashland wrestling team heard plenty of outside noise about how it was supposed to perform in 2021-22 before the season began. Most of it centered around the Arrows having a down year after graduating several key pieces. Because of that, Ashland has embraced an underdog mentality this season. “The word on the street was we weren’t going to be very good this year,” Ashland coach Sean Seder said during a phone call. “We just kind of embraced that. The kids took it on.” That mindset was critical for the eighth-seeded Arrows when they faced No. 1 Buckeye in a Division II state duals district semifinal Wednesday at Buckeye High School. With some lineup manipulation by Seder and all of the best-case scenarios…
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